A local resident walked on a dried-up riverbed at the Huangyangchuan reservoir in Lanzhou, in China’s Gansu province, Thursday. (Reuters)

Residents of Busan, South Korea, looked at cars destroyed by flood waters from record-setting heavy rains in the southern port city. (AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters worked Wednesday to extinguish an explosion from a gasoline tanker collision that collapsed an overpass Wednesday in Hazel Park, Mich. The accident and the ensuing collapse caused only minor injuries. (Ricardo Thomas/The Detroit News/Associated Press)

A researcher used a laser to clean dirt from the Cosmati Pavement in Westminster Abbey Thursday. The conservation project will continue for another year in efforts to preserve an intricate mosaic floor commissioned by Henry III in the 13th century. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Men suspected of being members of the Taliban were held for interrogation Thursday after the Pakistan military captured them in a security sweep of Dagar, Pakistan. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

A resident of Makati, Philippines, fetched water from a pump along a flooded street Thursday after a tropical storm dumped heavy rains in Manila and outlying regions. (Aaron Favilia/Associated Press)

Musician Wyclef Jean posed for a photo backstage at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday in Los Angeles. (Matt Sayles/Associated Press)

Artist assistants examined a digital print-out of 3,604 cups of coffee that had been made into a giant Mona Lisa for the Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, Thursday. (Rob Griffith/Associated Press)

An Uighur man adjusted his prosthetic leg as Chinese Paramilitary police patrolled a street above him in Urumqi, China, on Thursday. Security remained tight after last week’s deadly ethnic clashes, in which officials say almost 200 people died. (Elizabeth Dalziel/Associated Press)

Tiger Woods of the U.S., right, and Ryo Ishikawa of Japan prepared to tee off on the ninth hole at Scotland’s Turnberry golf course in the opening round of the British Open championship Thursday. (Jon Super/Associated Press)

Children gathered Thursday to plant a tree in Johannesburg, South Africa, in an event organized by the city’s parks department to celebrate the 91st birthday of former President Nelson Mandela. (Denis Farrell/Associated Press)

A boy washed his face while rummaging through trash to find recyclable materials to exchange for money near the Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod Wednesday. The World Bank said Thursday that Ukraine’s export-dependent economy will contract by 15% in 2009. (Oleksander Zobin/AFP/Getty Images)